Gresham outlook., December 20, 1918, Image 1

T W IC E
A
W EEK
VOL. 8,
G resham O utlook
NO. 85
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH
COUNTY,
OREGON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1915
A PROPHECY WHICH MAY COME
TRUE IN THE NOT DISTANT DAYS
OF THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
By PRIN . E. F. GOODWIN.
red schoo lh o u se.” It had w ielded a
In the not d ista n t f u tu te I see in­ w onderful influence in th is co untry
ste ad of ab o u t tw enty-five elem en­ since th e tim e of th e P ilg rim F a th ­
ers!
It m ade dem ocracy safe from
tary schools in the l -rrlto ry em-
th e beginning and served to tra in
b aied betw een th e city of P o rtlan d som e of th e m a ste r m inds of th is
boundary line on th e w est and th e country. All honor, too, to th e many-
Sandy riv er on th e east, th re e con­ teach ers who gave th e ir lives as
so lid ated g raded schools.
In stead te ach ers in th ese sm all schools. They
of thirty-five teacher», m any of did th e best possible u n d er ex is^ n g
whom are teach in g all of the eight conditions.
g rades, tw en ty -fo u r te ach ers a x* do
T he h a rv e ste r
su p p lan ted th e
lng th e w ork b e tte r th an It could sickle and g rain cra d le; th e mowing
possibly have been done u n d er the m achine took th e place of th e scy th e,
old system . U nder th e new system and the au to m o b ile m ade th e ox ca rt
each te ac h er has only one grad e and and “ one hoss sh a y " a slow m eans of
she is very proficient in th e subject» tran sp o rta tio n .
T he “ little
red
she teaches. T he ch ild ren
In the sch o o lh o u se” cam e w ith th e sickle,
p rim ary grad e eujoy th e in spiration th e scythe an d “one hoss sh ay ” and
an d help of a first class prim ary survived all of th em as an in h e rit­
te ac h er who th o ro u g h ly enjoys her ance of old colonial days. T he w riter
w ork. T he second grad e te ac h er is looks back a few y ears to th e tim e
not com pelled to teach a su b je ct she th a t th e “ com m unity c e n te r” n ea r
does not enjoy as u n d er th e old sys­ his old hom e in th e east was changed
tem , and so on th ro u g h all the — when th e old schoolhouse th a t
g rad e s to th e high school.
stood on his fa th e r'« farm was sold
In each of th ese schools I see a and th e land rev erted to th e ow ner.
real m usic te ac h er who teaches th e It w as a sad day to his fa th e r and
ch ild ren to sing and to read music. n ea r neighbors, b ut it m eant a b e tte r
M anual train in g , cooking, sew ing and day to th e g irls and boys who la te r
g a rd e n in g a re ta u g h t sim ila r to m u­ enjoyed th e ed u catio n al ad v an tag es of
sic by experts who divide th e ir tim e a consolidated g rad e school.
am ong the th ree schools. C a listh e n ­
T he child ren who atten d th e th re e
ics is enjoyed by th e country girls consolidated schools enjoy free tra n s
and boys as m uch as city children p o rtatio n and none of them live m ore
since it is ta u g h t by a te a c h e r spec th a n 20 m in u tes from th e school
tally p repared fo r th is work.
building. T hey go to school in th e
T hese th re e school buildings are dry every day in care of a carefu l su
model stru c tu re s w ith every conven­ p erin ten d en t who drives th e consoli
ience for the h ealth and convenience d ated school busses ow ned by th e dis
of teach ers and pupils.
The loca­ tric ts, and best of all th e new an d bet
tions of these buildings have changed te r school system does not increase
th e •'com m unity c e n te rs” of an in­ | th e burden of th e taxpayers.
te llig e n t and progressive people. The
And, lastly, th ese th ree consoli
old com m unity c e n te r was o u t of dated elem en tary schools fu rn ish
d ate. Good roads, autom obiles and , Union H igh School w ith th e best pre
th e w elfare of th e girls and boys de­ pared g irls an d boys in Oregon. Is
m anded a new com m unity cen ter an y th in g b ut th e best good enough
long before th e change was m ade.
for th e young people of M ultnom ah
H ow ever, all ho n o r to th e " little ! county?
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER YEAR
LAST NIGHT
OF BREWING
IN BUFFALO
By CLARENCE TRUK WILSON.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 30.
N ovem ber 30th, 1918. a t twelve
[o'clock at n ig h t an d I am still aw ake.
I have ju st gotten up, raised the
blinds aud looked o u t th e window at
a big brew ery in plain sig h t of this
hotel, and th e sm oke has died down
forever. T he fires will go o u t before
m o rn in g ; an d th e brew ery business
is done for in th e United States.
They have had fifty years of w arn­
ing. Every m an engaged In It knew
th e business was w rong, useless,
h arm fu l, u n p atrio tic, extrem ely self­
ish ; th a t It could only th riv e upon the
ruin of home, h ea rt, fo rtu n e, soul.
T he w hole liq u o r traffic Is as doomed
as Ju d a s Iscario t. It will go w ith all
th e poison d rugs of th e n atio n s, op­
ium , vodka,
ab sin th e,
hasheesh.
___
w hiskey, wine, beer. They are on the
CLAIM ATTENTION ru n ; they cannot stan d th e tw en tieth
cen tu ry light.
P olitics reigned su p rem e at th e
We a re going to have a dry United
[high school today, th is being th e reg- S tates and th en a dry w orld. Some
I u lar election of rep rese n tativ es in d oubt it? W ell, they in h erited th a t
By J O E L IN C O L N , In S a t u r d a y E v e n in g P o s t
H. i t ’s C h r i s t m a s e v e r a n d m o o n lig h t a n d t h e C h r i s t m a s a i r is
' th e se n ate and assem bly. T his also doubt from th e ir g ra n d fa th e rs. T hat
c h ill.
A n d th e f r o s t y C h r i s t m a s h o lly s h in e s a n d s p a r k l e s on th e h ill.
estab lish ed th e personnel of th e stu- is Just w hat th e old m an th o u g h t
A n d th e C h r i s t m a s s l e ig h h e ll s j i n g l e a n d th e C h r i s t m a s l a u g h t e r
r in g s
1 dent body o rg an izatio n , th e officers ab o u t piracy on the high seas, w rong
A s th e l a s t s t r a y s h o p p e r s h u r r y , t a k i n ’ h o m e th e C h r i s t m a s th in g s .
holding th e ir positions by v irtu e of but co uldn’t be stopped; d ueling, b a r­
A n d u p y o n d e r in th e a t t i c t h e r e ’s a l i t t l e t r u n d le bed
W h e r e t h e r e ’s C h r i s t m a s d r e a m s a - d a n c in ' th r o u g h a s le e p y c u r ly
¡th
e ir electon to (he se n a te or a s­ b aro u s but co u ld n 't be stopped; slave
h ead ,
A nd i t ’s 'M e rr y C h r i s t m a s ! ” M a ry , o n ce a g ’in f e r m e a n d you.
sem bly. T he elpcton of th e ed to rlal trad in g , slave holding, cannibalism ,
W ith th e l i t t l e f e l l e r ’s s t o c k in ’ b a n g in ' u p b e s id e th e flue.
¡staff of “T he A rgus” took place tills polygam y, lo tteries, public gam bling,
T i s n ’t silk , t h a t l i t t l e s t o c k in ’, a n d it i s n 't m u c h fe r sh o w .
afte rn o o n , too late for rep o rtin g in red light d istric ts, w hite slave trafile,
A n d th e d a m s a r e p r e t t y p le n ty r o u n d a b o u t th e heel a m i toe.
today's O utlook. T he A u tsrallan b al­ h ab it-fo rn iin g d ru g tra d e ; all wrong
A n d i t ’s c o lo r ’s k in d e r fa d e d , a n d i t ’s s o r t e r w o rn a n d old,
B u t it re e ly is s u r p r i s i n ’ w h a t a l o t o f lo v e 't w i l l hold.
lot
system was used. F ollow ing are but co u ld n 't be stopped. They have
A nd th e l i t t l e h a n d t h a t h u n g it b y th e c h im b ly th e r e a lo n g
been wiped off th is ea rth . T his dying
H a s a g r i p u p o n o u r h e a r t s t r i n g s th a t is m ig h ty firm a n d s tr o n g ,
th e officers nam ed;
So. o ld S a n ty . d o n ’t f o r g e t it, th o u g h i t i s n ’t tin e a n d n ew .
Student Body Organization Officer- tire in a Buffalo brew ery is a symbol
T h a t p la in l i t t l e w o r s te d s t o c k in ’ hangin* u p b e s id e th e flue.
to me th a t all brew ery fires are go­
Kx-Ofllelo.
A nd th e c r o p s m a y f a il a n d le a v e u s w ith o u r p la n s a ll g o n e te r
ing o ut and we are to have a world
sm ash ,
P re sid en t, David P eterson.
A nd th e m o r tg a g e m a y h a n g h e a v y , a n d th e b i l l s u s e u p th e c a s h ,
free
from th is destroyer.
Vice P resid en t, Lewis Skirvin.
B ut w h e n e v e r c o m e s th e s e a s o n , J e s t so lo n g ’s w e ’ve g o t a d im e.
Oh, I would like to preach the Gos­
T h e r e ’ll be s o m e th i n ’ in t h a t s t o c k in ’— w o n ’t th e r e , M a ry ? — e v e ry
S
ecretary
,
G
ertru
d
e
Dowsett.
tim e.
pel of Jesu s C h rist to the world w ith ­
T re asu re r, Lucile M cCarter.
A nd if in a m o n g s t o u r s u n s h in e t h e r e 's a s h o w e r o r tw o o f r a in
W h y , w e ll fa c e it b r a v e ly , s m ilin ’, a n d w e’ll t r y n o t t e r c o m p la in
out a saloon undoing o u r w ork; with
S
erg
ean
ts
a
t
Arm
s,
E
dw
ard
S
trong
L o n g a s C h r i s t m a s c o m e s a n d fin d s u s h e r e to g e th e r , m e a n d you.
no brew ery sm oke d ark en in g tho
W ith th e l i t t l e f e l l e r 's s t o c k in ’ h a n g in ' u p b e s id e th e flue.
and R ichard S atte rslro in .
heavens, no brew ery money c o rru p t­
E d ito r, C lara N asshahn.
ing m odern sta te sm en ; no brew ery
A ssistant E d ito r, M ildred Pullen
ad v e rtise m en ts
debauching
daily
Senate.
new
spapers,
no
brew
ery-ow
ned
sa ­
P resid en t, David P eterson.
HE WANTS TO GET HOME
HAD ROUGH TIME OF IT
SPREADING RAILS IS
NOTED EVANGELIST
loons debusing the com m unities of the
Vice
P
resid
en
t,
E
m
m
ett
W
elling.
BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY
BUT GLAD HE'S ALIVE
CAUSE OF WRECK
AT ROCKWOOD CHURCH
poor; no brew ery hossism b row beat­
S ecretary, G ertru d e D owsett.
ing p resid en ts, or th re a te n in g con­
T he follow ing le tte r was received
A
le
tte
r
was
received
a
few
days
T
h
ere
w
as
a
bad
fre
ig
h
t
tra
in
T
re
a
su
re
r,
Lang
Goodwin.
E. J. B ulgron of New York City,
recently by Mrs. P. J. B erke from her said to be one of th e g re a te st e v a n ­ ago from R o b ert M agnuson w hich re ­
S erg ean t a t Arm s, E dw ard S trong g ressm en ; no brew ery beer, drow ning
w reck on th e O. W. P. line yesterday
o u r b e tte r n a tu re s and b ru talizin g
son Otley, who is w ith a m otor m e­ gelists in th e U nited S tates, will
R ep o rter, C lara N asshahn.
lieved th e anxiety of his frien d s as it aftern o o n a few h u n d red feet west of
m a n k in d ; no beer-fed in fan ts grow ing
chanics regim ent in F ra n ce ;
Assembly.
preach a t th e Rockwood M ethodist, was know n th a t he was in th e last th e G resham cem etery. T he tra in of
Í up, heavy, brain less, nerveless b ru tes
C h airm an , Lewis Skirvin.
church, Rockwood and Base L ine
N ovem ber 16.
h ard fighting.
H is le tte r to his seventeen loaded cars was going
lo r society to ca rry ; no m ore p ren atal
Vice
C
h
airm
an
,
F
ra
n
k
T
acheron.
roads,
next
Sunday
evening,
Decem­
D ear M other and a l l;— J u s t a line
west when th e rails sp read and five
¡d
am n atio n of th e Innocent by d rin k -
b
ro
th
er
follow
s:
C lerk, Jo e Com stock.
to le t you know th a t I ’m in th e best ber 22, a t 7 :4 5 o’clock. He has Just
loaded cars w ere badly mixed to g e th ­
tilled p aren ts.
T
re
a
su
re
r,
Lucile
M
cCarter.
closed
a
very
succesful
m
eeting
at
of h ea lth and having a very en jo y ­
e r on th e tra c k and in th e ditch on
Som ew here in Belgium ,
S erg ean t at Arms, R ichard B atter- i I 1 would like to see a world w here
His serm on
both sides.
ab le tim e as I ’m on my seven day Olympia, W ashington.
N ovem ber 13, 1918.
strom .
I th e re w ere no saloon doors sw inging
will
be
“T
riu
m
p
h
s
of
th
e
Cross
and
leave, the first I ’ve had since com ing
T he re a r w heels of th e second m o­
inw ard to en tra p o u r boys, no back­
Dear B ro th e r:— I will w rite you a
R
ep
o
rter,
M
ildred
P
ullen.
O
ur
T
riu
m
p
h
.”
to r were th ro w n off th e rails. It was
to F rance, and believe me I ap p reci­
door
en tra n ce s to en g u lf o u r g irls;
few
lines
today
to
let
you
know
th
a
t
J. W. T roy, th e sin g in g evangelist
a te it for I ’ve had a rough tim e of it,
a close call for th e w hole train ,
no saloon doors sw inging o u tw ard to
I am well, and th a t I cam e o u t of the
FORMER
GRESHAM
GIRL
of
Chicago,
will
lead
th
e
singing
and
which was saved by th e p rom pt ac­
an d am lucky to be alive today to tell
MARRIED IN KANSAS vom it fo rth d ru n k a rd s stuggering
give special solos. T his is expected scraps th a t we had wito'ut g e ttin g tion of th e m otorm an and th e Retting
a b o u t it.
hom e to wives m ore th an widowed
even
a
sc
ra
tc
h
so
1
g
u
ess
1
am
p
retty
to
be
one
of
th
e
g
rea
test
m
eetings
of the a ir b ra k e t.
I am in an old tow n “one of the
A w edding of in te re st to read ers , un a
ch ild ren worse th a n o rp h an ed
lucky
a
f
te
r
all.
O
ur
division
was
up
old est in F rance, I th in k ,” and am ever held in th is Bectlon of th e coun- on th e line when we received o rd ers
The w reck - - happened
ju s t before
..........................
•—
of
(,u tlo o k '««J* Pla<’«' on Sunday, „„ rainlly en tra n ce s to teach girls t.
seeing so m e 'v e ry In terestin g things | try. All a re cordially Invited to at th a t th e w ar was over, so I guess you th e 3 :45 p. m. mail train was due ai j D ecem ber 8, in M an h attan , K ansas, , |r ink ah(1 WOm en to curse th e g ener
such as old castles and churches dat tend.
can im ag in e w hat a happy bunch we G resham from P o rtlan d . T h ere was at th e hom e of Mr and Mrs. Jo „t Ion yet to be I he w h ite-slav er's op
ed as far back as th e eleventh cen­
P resid en t W ilson announces he v ere. We have been busy th e lust no o th e r tro lly ca r betw een here and Wood, form erly of G resham , when p o rtu n ity and th e d e a th tra p of Inno
tu ry . W ell I w on’t try to w rite about will exercise th e executive function
two days clean in g up th e tow n th a t E stacad a, b u t It so happened th a t th e th e la tte r's niece. Miss C rystal Cence and v irtu e ; no rum -m ade low
it fo r 1 would r a th e r tell ab o u t it of th e U. S. G overnm ent d u rin g his we a re in an d filling up sh ell holes line ca r had been up th e track on B ram h all. becam e th e b rid e of Don brow ed thugs, and crooked politl
when I re tu rn which I hope will not absence, which Is th e sam e as tellin g along th e ro ad , and I expect th a t we som e re p a ir work which was a for aid L. W ilson, a fo rm er O regon boy c la n i; no legalized p itfalls set for ou.
be very long.
‘Tom M arshall he ca n ’t even be a ru b ­ will have to follow th e G erm ans in n a te circu m stan ce. It was h itched " h o Is now In the navy and statio n ed new c o n v e rt.; no organized assasslt
I am staying at one of the best ho­ ber stam p.
hack in to G erm any b u t tn a t w on't onto th e fre ig h t caboose and In th a t at Boston, M assachusetts. T his was Of ch u rch , school and home no cor
te ls in town and th e g o vernm ent pays
ta k e very long because they a re gi t- way th e passen g ers, m alls and ex a n av al-m llltary w edding, th e best ‘ r u p t,on ()f th e freem an 's ballot oi
all expenses— p re tty good.
falsifier ,,f
honM , eo u n t; nQ ,n
T he T u rk s fell on th e necks of th e tin g o u t p re tty fast. 1 gues3 you press w ere tak en on a f te r being de , ">“ •* being a soldier.
I have had a tu rn a t th e fro n t B ritish soldiers and w ept for joy know w hat th e peace te rm s were. I layed m ore th an an hour.
T he bride was for a few years
h erlted tendency to d rin k , no abnor
w hich was very in te re stin g a t tim es—- when th e Tom m ies reached C o n stan ­
No a tte m p t was m ade to get a resid en t of G resham and la te r oi ,„al crav in g for booze
„ race re
have received sev eral le tte rs from
such as driving in m ud, an k le deep tinople, which show s th a t th e T u rk s
train
th
ro
u
g
h
a
fte
r
th
a
t
an
d
th
e
tw
o
P
o
rtlan
d
b
ut
for
a
few
y
ears
i.a.l
deem
ed
from
Its
d
ru
g
poisons
ne
you and som e of them had som e good
and o th e r tim es u n d er shell fire. a re not en tirely lacking in good ju d g ­ carto o n s in them . I have received th a t should have gone up from hero »ved In Salem , w here she atten d e d m ore d'ope fiends no d reary drunk
Well i t ’s all over now and glad of it, m ent.
vo(lka vl(.
q u ite a n u m b e r or p ac sa g es of p a­ a 5 :45 and 7 :4 5 w ere cancelled. Th. »< hool and which was also th e hom e ardg, no opluni 8mok,.rBi
and hope to be hom e soon.
Early In O ctober sn. tints, no ab sin th e d rin k ers no hash
llets since I w io te hom e th e la st tim e. G resham ca rs w ere ro u ted to th e Mt. <>f Mr. Wilson
A u strian s are kick in g because ex-
Oregon to m ake h e r hom e w ith eesh addicts, no C h ristian n atio n In
W ell m other, it is g e ttin g late so
H ave received all th e le tte rs th a t you Hood sta tio n from L lnnem an d u rin g j
E m peror C harles recently got tw o
will close.
’ n ‘^ t ’
y ° 0d
8 h " h»»
s u itin g h eav en , stu ltify in g Itself and
have sen t to m e lately. I was going
h u n d red and
fifty m illion crow ns
W reckers w orked all n ig h t and had [ ’’lends here who Join in w ishing her m ocking m an k in d by raisin g revenue
to
w
rite
to
P
eterso
n
b
ut
have
bad
no
E x tra O utlooks of the C hristm as back pay. B ut it ta k es a lot of
th e trac k c lea r before th e 5 :2 5 m ail h ealth and prosperity.
T he young th ro u g h d ebauching Its citizen s I l l s
tim e because we have been moving all
issue will be m ailed a t 5c each.
money to live now adays.
car was due th is m orning. No one <°<‘P>'’ «»‘ft a t once for Boston, w here not |aw fui to put lt |n to th e , reaMury
th e tim e, an d we could n o t havi any
was In ju red in th e accident and all ,h «'y will m ake th e ir home.
„
.
lights u n til th e last two n ig h ts. You traffic is ru n n in g again a | usual.
!
!
C o ntinued on page 4
was saying th a t you w anted m e to
jsend a so u v e n ir of som e k in d , bu t I
MELROSE AND VICTORY
do not know w hat I could send you.
O rrie C onrad has been d ischarged f
Guess you would like to have a G er­
man Bword o r a helm et* b u t th ey are front th e service a t Cam p Lewis. Hl<
too t ig to ca rry aro u n d . T he only b ro th er Percy, of th e sam e place. Is
They
use I have fo r a G erm an h elm et !s to hom e on a b rief fu rlo u g h
have with them som e so ld ier friends,
wash in them
M iller of
M ontana,
H om er
Well, if th is is peace we are going M.
to have I will be lucky to g et hom e 8chlegel of A lbany, O regon, and John
Candies for “Her”
Crops of H arrisb u rg , O regon. The
by my b irth d ay .
T h in k I will have to close for this boys w ent on th e highw ay today for u ,
tjtue because my can d le is n early sig h t-seein g trip . All these boys and
burned o u t and th a t Is th e only lig h t Mr. and Mrs. A. B. C onrad and th e ir
here you are not only going to delight “somebody’s
I have. T ell a ll my frie n d s hello d a u g h te r Ada will be g u ests at a
i b irth d ay d in n e r p arty th is evening
fo r me.
heart’ with their deliciousness and wholesome­
a t th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs L ester
ness, but of the purity of our Candies.
Now th a t Uncle Sam is bolding so C onrad.
m any sales of alien p ro p erty we c a n 't
u n d ersta n d why th e price of sa u er
l i e n - I n a lin t g a in .
Everything else for the Holiday
k ra u t and llm b u rg e r d o esn 't go down
One D eLaval se p a ra to r, 760 lbs.
p ractically new.
trade in the Confectionery line.
T hat chiffon tre a ty th e South
One E m p ire se p a ra to r, 850 lbs
“Everything for the Epicure”
A m ericans a re ta lk in g ab o u t may be practically new.
Your choice cheap.
a lady-like edition of th e Belgium
H essel’s F arm M achinery Store,
scrap of paper.
G resham , Phone 544.
meats Good
I he Little Fellar’s Stockin'
as Turkey
and a Great Deal
Cheaper
WHEN you BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS CANDIES
You will find it out if
your Christmas Roast is
bought at the Powell
Street Market. AH meats
are stall fed and Govern­
ment Inspected.
B elt’s Confectionery
Brown’s Gresham Market
E x tra O utlooks of th e C h ristm as
E x tra O utlooks of the C h ristm as
1 issue will be m ailed a t 5c each.
Issue will be m ailed at 6c each.